GitHub shares advanced GitHub Copilot CLI tips from Evan Boyle, focusing on querying a local SQLite database to inspect session history, recover context from prior bug fixes, and review prompting habits to improve future terminal commands.

How to query your Copilot CLI session history | Advanced tips & tricks

Evan Boyle from the GitHub Copilot CLI team shares advanced tips to level up your terminal workflow.

What this covers

• Query your local SQLite database to pull up Copilot CLI session history.
• Use past session data to recover context from previous bug fixes.
• Ask Copilot to analyze your prompting habits to help you write better terminal commands.

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